Apparatus for exhibiting notices and the like



P. H. WALLER.

APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING NOTICES AND THE LIKE.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19. 1920.

1,364,906. Patented 11,1921.

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P. H. WALLER.

APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING NOTICES AND THE LIKE.

APPEICAHON FILED MAR l9 1920. 1,364,906.

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APPLICAHON FILED MAR- I9, 1920- 1,364:,906. Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

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PAUL HENRY WALLER, OF CAMBEREVELL, LONDON, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING NOTICES AND THE LIKE.

March 19, 1920.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL HENRY VVALLER, acitizen of the Republic of France, residing at Camberwell, in thecounty'of London, S. 13., England, (whose post-oilice address is 4C1lVilson road, Camberwell, in the county of London, S. 19., England,)have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating toApparatus for Exhibiting Notices and the like; and V I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This application is a division of the application for Letters Patentfiled by me on November 10, 1919, Serial Number 336,973.

This invention relates to apparatus for exhibiting notices and the likeof the kind described in my pending patent vapplication Serial No.336,973 filed November 10th 1919, and has for its object to provide thatthe fares for traveling from one station to any other station on a routecan be readily indicated in vehicles such as tramcars and the like. Thework station as used herein refers to any stopping place at the end of asection of a route at which a change in fare comes into operation. 4

, According to the invention, an indicator of the type described in theaforesaid patent application is characterized by the station labelshaving each allotted to them a series of fare notices, indicating means(for example electriclamps), one for each notice, for exhibiting thenotices, and a switch operated step-by-step and having itscontact-pieces connected each to one or more of said indicating meansfor selectively ex hibiting the fare notices.

Conveniently, in an indicator-for use in one direction only from oneterminus to another the number ofcontact pieces in the switch is equalto the number of station labels, the station labels have allotted tothem one more farenotice successively for each label counted in thedirection of travel, andthe number of indicating means connected to eachcontact-piece differs by one from the number thereof connected to eachpreceding and following contact-piece.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented an, 11, 1921; Originalapplication filed November 10, 1919, Serial No. 336,973. Divided andthis application filed Serial N0. 367,136.

One embodiment of the invention and a modification thereof arediagrammatically illustrated by way of example in theaccompanyingdrawing wherein Figure 1. shows one form of fare indicator according tothe invention suitable for use intraincars, motor omnibuses and the likebetween two termini in both directions of travel, and

Fig. 2 is a diagram of connections of the electrical equipment of theindicator shown in Fig. 1; that part of the equipment which is shown inthin lines is used when traveling in one direction, while the remainderthereof shown in thick lines is used when making the return journey fromone terminus to the other.

Fig. 8 is a diagram of connections of a modified form of indicatoradapted for use on a circular or ring route havlng only three.

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Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2 the indicator provided in a vehicle,for example a tramcar, is arranged for seven stations labeledrespeotivel T, U,.V, W, X, Y and Z. l lach stat-ion label has allottedto it a series of fare notices whereof that allotted to the stationlabelZ reads 1d, 2d,.

3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, and all the other stationlabels may have similar farenotices, as'shown in Fig. 1. In carrying out this invention hOWw eversome of the fare notices of some of the station labels may be omitted.Forinstance, the fare notice of station label W may be arranged to'read1d, 2d, 3d, This is because in the example illustrated the fare betweenany one station. and the next is always assumed to be one penny, andconsequently the fare from the middle station W to any other stationcannot exceed 3d, while the fare from one terminus to the other will be6d. Conveniently the fares are exhibited by being mounted on translucentscreens, one or more lamps being provided for illuminating'each fare oneach notice. i

As shown in Fig. 2, six lamps T to T are provided for exhibitingthefarenotices allotted to the station label T, six lamps U U to U aresimilarly provided in connection with the stationlabel U, six lamps V VV toV are provided in connection with the station label V, six lamps W WW, W Vim, W are provided in connection with the station to sweep overtwo series of contact-pieces 1 2", 3, 4 5", o and P, 2 3 l", 5, 6 theone series being used when traveling in one direction,.and the otherwhen traveling in the other direction. The indices of the referencenumerals attached to these contact-pieces indicate each that stationlabel to which is allotted the first of the said lamps directlyconnected to the contact pieces. For example, the X which is allotted tothe station label X is the first lamp directly connected to thecontact-piece 4c. The lamps have one of their terminals connected eachto one of the contact-pieces of the switch, and can therefore beconnected by the latter to one electric main L while their otherterminals are all connected to another electric main M Those lampsdesignated by reference characters having a attached to a numericalindex are all connected to the same series of contact-pieces, and areallotted each to a fare notice to'which is also allotted a lampconnected to the other series of contact pieces. It will thus be seenthat some of the fare notices can be illuminated by one or other of twolamps according to the direction of travel of the vehicle.

The switch K may be manually or mechanically actuated step-by-step inthe same manner as described with reference to the correspondingrotatable switch in above mentioned pending application, and the twoswitches may be mechanically connected together in such a manner thatthe switch K is moved forward one step whenever the vehicle passes or isabout to pass a station.

Assuming that the vehicle is at the terminus T and is about to travel tostation Z,"

and that the switch K is on the contactpiece 1 it will then be seen thata circuit is completed from the main L through the switch-arm K thecontact-piece l and back through the main M by way of the lamps U V W,X, Y Z which are connected in parallel. The fare from the terminus T toeach station on the route is thus indicated, the fare to the terminus Zbeing 6d. On arriving at station U the switch arm K will be moved onestep forward to contact-piece 2 when it will be seen that a group oflamps V W X Y, Z will be lighted, thereby indicating a different set offares, and that the fare to the other terminus is now 5d.

When the vehicle is making the return journey and is at station X forexample then the switch arm K will be on contact-piece 3 and the fares1d, 2d, 3d, Ad, will be indicated by the lamps W U T, at the stationlabels W, V, U, T, respectively.

It will be seen that if the indicator is required to be used in onedirection only say from station T to station Z, then no station label Thaving fare notices allotted thereto need be provided, and the number ofcontact-pieces in the switch will be equal to the number of stationlabels. Further, the station labels will have allotted to them one ormore fare notices successively counted in the direction of travehforexample while the station label U will have allotted to it only one farenotice showing 1d, the station label V will have allotted to it two farenotices showing 1d and 2d. Moreoverthe number of lamps connected to eachcontactpiece of the switch in the direction ofmovement thereof willdiffer by one from the number oflamps connected to each preceding andfollowing contact-piece. For example, as shown, fourlamps are connectedto the contactpiece 3 whilefive lamps are connected to the contact-piece2 and three lamps are connectedto the contactpiece 4 It will be seenthat in the indicator shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for use in both directionsof travel, the second series of contact-pieces l Ito 6 are connected attheir allotted lamps in reversed succession as compared with theconnection of the first set ofcontact-pieces with their allottedlam 5.

Referring now to ig. 3, the contactpieces 1 1, 1 of the switch Kareconnected each to a group'of three lamps, one allotted toeachstation-label T, U and V. These groups of lamps can be connectedsuccessively across the mains L and M by the switch K as thevehicletravels from station to station around the route. Assuming thatthe vehicle is traveling from station T via station U to station V andhas passed station U, the switch-arm K lying on contact-piece 1", thenthe indicator will show that the fares are as follows from station U toV 1d, to station TQd, and to station U 3d, it being assumedthat eachstage costs 1d.

It will be appreciated that more than one indicator may be controlled byone switch, and that any number of fare notices may be allotted to astation label. Also, it will be appreciated that the fare notices may beexhibited in other ways than by illuminating them if so desired, withoutdeparting from the'scope of the present invention as defined in theclaims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In an indicating apparatus, a series of station labels adapted tobe secured in a car, each station label being marked to indicate aseparate stopping station and provided with a series of fare notices, anelectric indicating device for exhibiting each fare notice, an electriccircuit provided With a series of contact pieces which are selectivelyconnected with the electric indicating devices of the said fare notices,the fare notices of each series being arranged in regular succession,and the electric indicating devices of the series of fare notices beingconnected in parallel and in a predetermined succession so thatdiiierent and appropriate fare notices are exhibited simultaneously atall the station labels, and a switch included in the electric circuitand adapted to be placed in engagement with the said contact pieces oneafter another.

2. In an indicating apparatus, a series of tively connectedwith theelectric indicatin devices of the said fare notices and adapted for usewhen the car is traveling in one direction, a second series of contactpieces which are selectively connected with the said indicating devicesbut in reversed succession as compared with the first said series, and aswitch included in the electric circuit and adapted to be placed inengagement with the contact pieces of each series one after another.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

PAUL HENRY WALLER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR JAMES HALL, H. PETER VENN.

